DevToolsDigest: Issue #134

The Week in Developer Tools

Supercharge Your Command Line Experience: GitHub CLI is Now in Beta

Millions of developers rely on GitHub to make building software more fun and collaborative, and gh brings the GitHub experience right to your terminal. You can install GitHub CLI today on macOS, Windows, and Linux, and there’s more to come as they iterate on your feedback from the beta.

How to Log API Calls for AWS Lambda Go Functions

In the serverless environment, we have less control over the underlying infrastructure and logging is an essential part of building backends and it is no different for a serverless API. Tracking API requests is a way to understand not only how the APIs are performing and where optimization is needed, but also gain visibility into API usage and which functions are being used the most.

Industry Research

Redpoint Ventures: 3 DevOps Trends to Watch in 2020

Redpoint Ventures is a long-time believer in the DevOps and microservices movements, which aren’t slowing down. According to IDC, the DevOps software market achieved $5B in 2018 and is forecast to reach $15B in 2023, a 24% CAGR over the period. Below are their thoughts on three key 2020 DevOps trends: 1) modern technical project management; 2) alerting; and 3) Security-as-Code (SaC).

Alex DeBrie: Building a Developer Community

In this post, Alex DeBrie shares his thoughts on how to build a community around developer tools, compares some alternative strategies that companies use and how he thinks they do or don't help, and discusses the importance of sincerity and a strong team.

AnswerHub 2020 State of the Developer Survey

Increasingly, organizations across the globe recognize that developer communities play an important role in the life of the developer. If you found Jesse Davis’ article on Developer Support Best Practices useful, why not help AnswerHub refresh their data for 2020? Take the State of the Developer survey.

Developer Venture News

Radar Raises $20M Series B Led by Accel to Build Developer-Friendly, Privacy-First Location Data Infrastructure

With this new funding, they're doubling down on their commitment to privacy and to developers. They're open-sourcing their SDK, introducing new tracking options that make the SDK more flexible than ever. They're also launching new APIs for geocoding, search, and routing. These APIs and SDK v3 are available in private beta today.

Orbit: What I Learned Raising Money as a First-Time Founder

 If you’re thinking about raising VC, you’re probably looking for as much advice as you can find. In the interest of sharing his learning (which is a practice they keep at Orbit), CEO Patrick Woods put together a few of his personal observations from the process.

Cloud Data Platform Giant, Snowflake, Raises $479M at $12.4B Valuation

Snowflake’s data warehouse is a specialized type of database built for analytical applications. The company has more than 3,400 customers including Brex, ConAgra Foods, Domino’s, JetBlue, and Nationwide.

From The Heavybit Library

Next Tue: Build Securely Speaker Series w/ HackerOne CEO

RSA is coming up and to kick off festivities, we're hosting HackerOne CEO Marten Mickos at Heavybit for a talk on User Privacy & AppSec next Tue Feb 18 from 6-8:30pm.

With code changes shipping more often and faster than ever, the increase in the risk of revealing sensitive info about your users has increased the responsibilities of your team and demand on your product. So whether you're an early-stage founder, developer, or PM, it's important to be secure from the start.

In this Speaker Series presentation, Marten will discuss:

• The emergence of DevSecOps, and how closely this movement is intertwined with the increasing demand for strong user privacy;

• Strategies for building securely and ensuring user privacy from the earliest stages of your company; and,

• Examples of different security models and processes at later-stage dev and enterprise software companies that you can integrate into your own company.